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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2015, 4:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2015, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2015, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Aransas County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -2.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 29, 2:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 243 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED ZONES AND PUBLIC PACKAGE TO EXTEND SVR BOX TIL 5 AM. PRODUCTS ARE OUT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 130 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015/ DISCUSSION...THIS WILL SHORT AND OUT THE DOOR SO OFFICE CAN WORK ON ON-GOING CONVECTION. SMALLER SCALE MODELS...ESPECIALLY NSSL 4 KM SHOWS THIS SYSTEM MAKING IT TO THE COAST AROUND 12Z...SO HAVE KICKED POPS UP FOR THE EASTERN AREAS THIS MORNING. MAY NOT SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AS USUAL WHEN CONVECTION THIS ORGANIZED BLOWS THROUGH WE ARE STABLE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. THUS...AM GOING TO GO VERY LITTLE ON RAIN THE AFTERNOON (20 TO 30 AT MOST) AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL TAKE TIME TO RELOAD. AFTER THAT... THINKING REMAINS THE SAME. FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER SHOT OF RAIN MAINLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THEN WE SHOULD SEE A DRYING TREND BUT WILL STILL MENTION AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THINK NO RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY SINCE A CUT OFF LOW WILL BE NEAR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST BUT FOR NOW WILL GO WITH THE SUPERBLEND BUT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. LATER SHIFTS CAN ADJUST. COOLER ON SUNDAY THEN A BIT OF A WARMING TREND EARLY IN THE WEEK. NO MODIFICATIONS TO SUPERBLEND DAYS 4-8 CONCERNING TEMPERATURES...PLENTY OF TIME TO ADJUST THOSE VALUES A DEGREE OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD. MARINE...WITH PASSING OF CONVECTIVE LINE...WINDS FOR A TIME WILL BE NORTHWEST...THEN SHIFT BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES DIMINISH IN THE AFTERNOON AS SHOULD SEE STABLE AIRMASS. WINDS SHOULD STAY BELOW SCA FOR THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 86 75 88 71 84 / 50 10 30 50 50 VICTORIA 86 72 86 69 83 / 60 10 50 50 50 LAREDO 92 75 91 71 88 / 10 20 30 40 40 ALICE 88 74 90 71 86 / 30 10 30 50 50 ROCKPORT 86 77 87 72 84 / 60 10 30 50 50 COTULLA 89 73 89 70 86 / 10 20 40 50 40 KINGSVILLE 87 74 89 71 86 / 40 10 30 50 50 NAVY CORPUS 84 77 86 74 83 / 60 10 30 40 50 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && GW/86...SYNOPTIC TE/81...MESO/AVIATION TB/78...DECISION SUPPORT
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 10:26 PM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 29, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen | 53 min |
| May 29, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 56 min |
| May 29, 2:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb | 57 min |
| May 29, 2:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen and 3 more | 63 min |
| May 29, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 52 min |
| May 29, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 54 min |
| May 29, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more | 66 min |
| May 29, 3:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Duval, Live Oak, Webb | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 23 min |
| May 29, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 118 min | |
| May 29, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 29 min |
| May 29, 4:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and 2 more | 63 min |
| May 29, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval, Webb | 22 min |
| May 29, 5:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 29, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 34 min |
| May 29, 5:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 119 min | |
| May 29, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 44 min | |
| May 29, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 36 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.